Today, I left my grandmother's burial to take a midterm. Earlier I e-mailed the professor to ask permission to take it later, and she flat out said "no." I left my grieving family, and traveled hours back to school. I went to class, only to discover that the prof decided to move the exam date. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I told one of my teachers I have to attend a family member's funeral on a day she's passing a test. She straight up asked if I could reschedule it, and if not if I could just give it a miss. FML
Today, I drove 3 hours to get to a class, just to have the professor leave a note on the classroom door saying that she wasn't coming. FML
Today, my college professor said that anyone who misses the final next week automatically fails, "even if their grandmother died." My grandmother, the woman who raised me, died last night and her funeral is next week. Same day as the final. Across the country. FML
Today, I found out that my entire class, me included, has to rewrite the painfully difficult midterm we wrote last week. All this because the Professor left the exams strewn across her desk. The cleaners thought it was trash and disposed of them. FML
Today, I sent an email to my professor requesting an extension for my assignment, using the tired old excuse that my "grandmother died." Instead, I sent it to my grandmother, who then called my dad on my family's landline in tears. FML
Today, I e-mailed the online instructor for my job, telling her that I had fallen behind in my work due to my grandmother's passing and the subsequent funeral arrangements, but that I would catch up this week. Her reply? "OK. Hope your grandmother gets better soon." FML
Today, my English teacher asked me why I didn't have my project completed. Thinking quick on my feet, I told her it was because my grandmother had just passed away. Apparently they go to the same country club and have known each other for years. My teacher started crying and ran out of the room. FML
Today, I received an email from my professor informing me that if I missed another class, I'd be dropped from the course. I have field experience to complete tomorrow as part of my major. I emailed her two weeks ago to let her know, and we're excused by the dean. She doesn't care. FML
Today, I told my professor that I'll be missing class next week due to upcoming surgery. I asked if I could take the exam that I'd otherwise miss another day. He said no, and that I'd just have to take a failing grade, then wished me luck with the surgery. FML
Today, I asked my boss for a few days off next week, because my grandmother passed away yesterday and I'll need to travel to attend the funeral. His response: "She's dead, you're not. You want time off, then quit." FML
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me_FTW 0
your teacher is a serious asshole. js
tazz9690 0
Your professor deserves to get fired. What a piece of shit person with no sympathetic bone in her body.
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Comments (127)
AshleyRose784 0
What an awful woman, I'm sorry
seb12992 0
What's the name of your college and your professor? I'll come over and put a cap up that ************'s ass.
that_one_dude 0
What a ******* bitch. She should go die. Heartless demon.....
soccer4eva 0
that really, really sux. FYL for sure.
PTERONOPHOBIA 0
What is with everyone here throwing around the word "****" ? And not even just for the teacher, whose motives you know nothing about, but for other posters who you've only read three sentences from. Good luck calling everyone a terrible word when they do something you find slightly inappropriate.
Unlimited13 0
Your prof deserves to be fired...
blueknight1st 26
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chickitychina 0
i woulda killed a bitch.
PureGold 0
Your professor is SUCH AN ASSHOLE. That's just one of the lowest things a teacher can do, I'm sooo sorry...FYL bigtime. :( I actually got a teacher fired for doing something like that once. In middle school, my grandfather died, and my mom went to the house he formerly shared with my grandma to grieve with her and sit shiva for a week (it's a Jew thing). So every day after school that week, I would have to travel the 45 minutes to Long Island and be with her and my grandma. My teachers all said "Sure, go ahead, don't worry about the homework, I'm so sorry about your grandfather." That is, except my french teacher, who had assigned us huge project over a 2 week period, and it was at the beginning of the second week that I had to ask for the extension. Her response was "NO, you already had all of last week to work on the project, why didn't you do it then? I want it in BY THIS FRIDAY." Like, how was I supposed to know my grandpa would die? So my mom complained to the house principal, and then the principal, and at the end of the year they fired that teacher. Yayy!! Some people just have no hearts, you know? :(
mello_love 0
FYL, I am so sorry :(
jmeg_fml 0
i'm with 59 - i feel terrible for you; that's really unfortunate, but if anyone has a situation like this in the future, it's worth taking to the next-up authority, like the dean of students or dean of that department. you could probably report this to them now too, but it probably won't result in much. sorry about your grandma :(